Question Words Вопро́сы

8 Russian words on the topic of question words — each with a picture, an audio recording and an example sentence. Russian keeps normal word order in questions — put the question word first and let intonation do the rest.

English	Russian · Ру́сский	Notes
what	что	Pronounced 'shto', not 'chto'. 🔀 Several meaningsAlso the conjunction 'that': я зна́ю, что…
who	кто	Always takes a masculine singular verb, even for groups: кто пришёл?
when	когда́
where	где	🔀 Several meaningsгде is 'where (at)'; for direction ('where to') use куда́.
why	почему́	почему́ asks 'why'; the answer uses потому́ что.
how	как	Russian asks names with 'how', not 'what': Как тебя́ зову́т? = what's your name.
how much	ско́лько	⚠️ IrregularAfter ско́лько the noun is genitive: ско́лько лет?
which	како́й	Declines like an adjective: кака́я (f), како́е (n), каки́е (pl).